Letters to the Editor
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QuickStrategy
an image Hillary wearing a one piece in some shade of purple.
Aacgk! You're just trying to avenge Pedinska, aren't you? Where's that lye ... must ... cleanse ... eyes ...
I admit that I did not learn any of that stuff in high school, and I was bored sh*tless in history (unlike later). Educators must hate the subject of history, since they always seem to give it to Coach to teach. (my school, anyway)
But it's funny, people will show great interest in the details of 'their' history as well as 'ours', eat them up if they're presented well, with humanity, personal relevance, and good storytelling. Adults, anyway.
So what's our problem?
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This is where I jump on my soapbox about the dereliction of duty at the Department of Education. And deliver a stultifying indictment of our incurious, shiftless youth.
Or not.
Truth be told, I figure (to quote Pete Townsend) the kids are alright. The parents, teachers, administrators and other bureaucrats deserve at least as much of the blame for this intellectual dessication regarding history and other cultures. In my experience, in anything approaching the right situation, the kids learn and thrive.
Last... Pedinska went there on her own! She can apply her own brain bleach ;-)